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Table 1 Descriptive information on distance of sidewalks collected in the 1 km radius circular buffer testing sites across Canada

From: Measuring sidewalk distances using Google Earth

Testing Site

Lowest

25th percentile

50th percentile

75th percentile

Highest

Sidewalks distance in 1 km buffer (km)

     

   Total (N = 315)

0

8.06

16.20

28.61

55.05

   Rural (N = 78)

0

1.84

4.24

10.40

26.14

   Small cities (N = 116)

0

10.23

15.32

24.28

55.05

   Metropolitan (N = 121)

0

20.63

27.73

33.76

51.53

Percentage of total road distance in 1 km buffer that had a sidewalk (%)*

     

   Total (N = 315)

0

31.6

52.8

78.1

100

   Rural (N = 78)

0

11.5

23.7

43.1

90.1

   Small cities (N = 116)

0

39.9

52.8

73.2

98.3

   Metropolitan (N = 121)

0

54.1

76.7

86.4

100

  1. * calculated as length of road segments with a sidewalk/length of all road segments ×100